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Issue: Police Comics #56 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1946
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Issues: #56 of 127 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): George Brenner
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as Cover - Police Comics #56 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop
First Line: Is a track meet the same as horse meat, Pepsi?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Overworked Genie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Andre LeBlanc
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Cole
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Plastic Man
Character(s): Plastic Man [Patrick "Eel" O'Brian]; Woozy Winks; Mickey; Mrs. O'Higginson (introduction); Yes-Man (villain, introduction); Mr. Groo (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: When Plas plays a prank on a youngster who is rubbing a lamp, gangsters find out and, believing it's real, kidnap the boy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPlastic Man Archives #5 published October 2003
as Overworked Genie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Signs of Reform

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Stahl
Penciller(s): Al Stahl
Inker(s): Al Stahl
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Flatfoot Burns
Character(s): Flatfoot Burns
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Fire in the Sky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Human Bomb
Character(s): The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Hustace Throckmorton; Yarboe (villain, scientist, death)
Synopsis: A scientist is able to re-create Roy's explosive formula, and when the Human Bomb attacks and destroys the scientist's lair, the villain is destroyed with it.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Mike Kooiman and Jim Amash state in the Quality Companion that Gustavson created the strip and wrote it. Gustavson's son, Terry Gustafson, concurs.

Letters credit from Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
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The Hooded Ones

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Sahle
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle
Inker(s): Harry Sahle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Candy
Character(s): Candy O'Connor
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dewey Drip
Character(s): Dewey Drip; Sergeant; Maw Drip
First Line: Button your tunic, Drip!
Synopsis: Dewey is mustered out of the Army and enjoys his freedom -- until his mother starts bossing him around.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Vengeance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Pete Riss
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Dan Richards]; VILLAIN: The Vengeance (first appearance; dies)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Bristol House Ghost

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dick Mace
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Dick Mace text story.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Senich [as M. Senich] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mike Senich [as M. Senich] (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Senich [as M. Senich] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Specks
First Line: Mister Cecil Clopkowski--
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Big Jake Gooley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Don Komisarow
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Martin DeMuth
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spirit
Character(s): The Spirit; Ebony; Big Jake Gooley; Uncle Boss Gooley; Esau Gooley
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #10/1/1944 published October 1944
was Big Jake Gooley [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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